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  • Remember, They Say.

    Source: Desultory Scribblings
    by Tyler Harris

    “Remember, they say,
    Through the long mists of time,
    Our heroes and legends and leaders sublime.
    Think not of their flaws, for of flaws they had none.
    Remember that freedom springs forth from a gun.
    Recall them as Caesar, but ne’er Cincinnatus.
    Recount conquered glories; reject e’ry malice.” (05/25/26)

    https://tylerjohnharris.substack.com/p/remember-they-say

  • Support Our Troops: What It Really Means

    Source: Antiwar.com
    by William J Astore

    “‘Support our troops’ is a catchphrase, almost a mantra, often used by cynical politicians to suppress dissent about their disastrous wars of choice. Basically, dissenters are accused of being unpatriotic because their criticism allegedly betrays the troops and weakens national resolve. It’s a BS argument but it’s often compelling and even convincing to some. Americans have a civic religion defined by the Pledge of Allegiance, the flag, the National Anthem, military parades and pageantry, and U.S. history taught as heritage and as a celebration of American goodness and greatness. When you step outside of that, when you criticize it, dissent from it, you must be prepared to be attacked as a heretic.” (05/25/26)

    https://original.antiwar.com/william_astore/2026/05/24/support-our-troops-what-it-really-means

  • Iran in Vain: Rooting for the “Bad Guy” is No Vice When Your Guy is Worse

    Source: exile in happy valley
    by Nicky Reid

    “Every Monday, Donald Trump announces an impending genocide of biblical proportions and every Tuesday he backs down at the last minute while reminding us that doomsday could still come at any given second but a big-beautiful peace deal is also really, really fucking close. The mainstream news mostly just seems to take all this diplomatic madness at face value while reminding us how impossibly complicated diplomacy is and that only their Washington trained experts can lead us through it. The only problem with that explanation is that all their think tank wonks seem to be chasing Donald from one flip-flop to the next like small-town weathermen covering big-town storms.” (05/24/26)

    https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/05/iran-in-vain-rooting-for-bad-guy-is-no.html

  • Efficient Insider Trading and Public Corruption

    Source: Pierre Lemieux
    by Pierre Lemieux

    “Economically and morally, there is nothing wrong, on the contrary, with insider trading as such. But there is everything wrong when it is done by corrupt rulers or their cronies.” (05/24/26)

    https://pierrelemieux.substack.com/p/efficient-insider-trading-and-public

  • Trump’s Iran exit ramp is a long shot. He doesn’t have a better option.

    Source: Washington Post
    by David Ignatius

    “President Donald Trump appears to be nearing an escape ramp from the Iran war, but it’s one that represents a risky bet that Tehran’s divided leadership will opt for postwar modernization rather than continuing conflict with the United States and Israel. Like most peace deals, the framework described by U.S. officials Sunday would be a series of compromises, well short of the capitulation that Trump sought when he joined Israel in launching the war on Feb. 28. The Iranian regime can claim victory simply by having survived the assault. If these hardline leaders continue to destabilize the region, however, the deal will probably collapse in another round of strife.” (05/25/26)

    https://archive.is/ovAB2

  • Let’s Take Kamala Up on Her Proposal of “No Bad Ideas”

    Source: Town Hall
    by Derek Hunter

    “It’s getting tougher and tougher not to wish ill on Democrats, as they promise to trample the Constitution and commit to treating all Americans like we’re a young starlet and they’re Harvey Weinstein at the height of his powers. They are telling us what they’re going to do to us; how they’re going to force their will on us in any way they like, and each of them is taking things further and further down the rhetorical toilet. Maybe we should take failed 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and former Willie Brown side-piece Kamala Harris up on her proposal to implement a series of ‘bad ideas’ before they have the chance to do it to everyone else?” (05/24/26)

    https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/05/24/lets-take-kamala-up-on-her-proposal-of-no-bad-ideas-n2676579

  • Quantum Vibe, 05/25/26

    Source: Big Head Press
    by Scott Bieser

    Cartoon. (05/25/26)

    https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2590

  • How Market Innovation Is Reframing the Climate Debate

    Source: Independent Institute
    by Jane Shaw Stroup

    “By all accounts, climate change alarmists are on the defensive—politically, scientifically, I would even say morally (see Bill Gates’s comment below). We could leave it at that. But there may be hope for a truce in this conflict — and if so, capitalism can take the credit.” (05/22/26)

    https://www.independent.org/article/2026/05/22/climate-change-market-innovation/

  • A Hell of a Secretary of War: Pete Hegseth’s Desperate Crusade for Masculine Validation

    Source: TomDispatch
    by Jasper Craven

    “Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine urged caution, presciently predicting that a ramped-up campaign against Iran could lead its leaders to close the Strait of Hormuz. However, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s self-styled ‘Secretary of War’, jumped at the prospect of such a conflict. ‘Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up,’ Trump recently recalled at a press event. ‘And you said, ‘Let’s do it, because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” Americans join the military for any number of reasons: to serve their country, gain economic stability, or simply join a community. For Hegseth, a thirst for martial victory and a desire for a masculine metamorphosis seemed to surpass all else.” (05/24/26)

    https://tomdispatch.com/pete-hegseths-desperate-crusade-for-masculine-validation/

  • Educational Polarization and the Politics of Young Men

    Source: Liberalism.org
    by Josh Zingher

    “Our political battle lines fall increasingly along our growing educational divide, in which young women are advancing, and young men are falling behind.” (05/22/26)

    https://www.liberalism.org/p/educational-polarization-and-the-politics-of-young-men

  • Cooking up financial stability at home

    Source: Christian Science Monitor
    by staff

    “The financial world is atwitter over public stock offerings expected to be issued soon by SpaceX, OpenAI, and other mega tech companies. ‘A welcome tribute to the U.S. capitalist system’ is how The Wall Street Journal describes this moment. And The Economist calls SpaceX’s journey toward a listing ‘a marvel of free markets.’ At the other end of the scale from trillion-dollar valuations, an estimated 19 million home-based businesses across America are also economic and social marvels. They embody the hustle, creativity, and vision of lauded tech startups, but without deep-pocketed investors. Home-based food enterprises, in particular, provide families with a financial boost and communities with essential services. And, by serving as low-risk incubators, they offer economic mobility in a system that rewards innovation and effort.” (05/22/26)

    https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0522/Cooking-up-financial-stability-at-home

  • Hollywood’s Golden State

    Source: Foundation for Economic Education
    by Katrina Gulliver

    “Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have reached a merger agreement, where Paramount will acquire WBD for $110 billion at $31 per share in cash. (The final terms of the deal have yet to be approved by the DOJ and the FCC.) But assuming it goes ahead, report author Jeff Ferry suggests: ‘At a time when the industry is struggling, the proposed merger of Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery stands out as the most significant opportunity for renewed growth in years.’ The merger will create Hollywood’s largest studio, churning out 30 movies a year, and their analysis finds that if this commitment is fulfilled, it could add almost $1 billion to Hollywood’s annual investment in movie production within Los Angeles.” (05/24/26)

    https://fee.org/articles/hollywoods-golden-state/